Bicycle-saddle



(No Model.)

W. W. SHOE.

BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 558,217. Patenfied Apr. 14, I896.

Atmorney.

ANDREW B GRAHAMJHUTO UTHQWASHINGTDRQC UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM WV. SHOE, OF WALLINGFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,217, dated April 14, 1896. Application filed September 16, 183 5. Serial No. 562,608. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. SHOE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wal= lingford, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bicycle-saddles 5 and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective means of tightening the spring, and thereby taking up the stretch of the leather seat.

I accomplish the desired result by securing a movable hook to the under side of the plate on the front end of the saddle and moving said hook back and forward by means of a screw passing through it, the open end of said hook fitting over a loop formed on the front end of the saddle-spring and the whole device arranged and secured to the saddle in the manner hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a lengthwise sectional view of the front end of a bicycle-saddle having my improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the front end of the saddle. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the plate fastened to the front end of the saddle, the hook holding the front end of the saddle-spring, and the screw bymeans of which the hook is moved back or forward.

A represents the leather seat of the saddle.-

D is a screw-threaded hook fitting on the screw 0.

d is a slot out in the top of the hook D and fitting in the depression a on the plate B.

b b are shoulders formed on the front and rear ends of the screw 0.

c is a square end on the screw 0 to allow a key or wrench to be fitted thereto.

E is the steel saddle-spring. If desired, this spring may be made of a fiat piece of steel instead of the round wire shown.

d is a loop or hook formed on the front end of the spring E.

When the several parts of the saddle are constructed in the manner shown and described, if it is desired to take up the stretch in the leather seat A the screw is turned so as to move the hook O to the rear of the sadle. of bending and thereby stiffening the steel spring E, forcing it to take up any slack or stretch in the leather. The slotted top of the screw-threaded hook D fitting over the depression a/in the plate B, the hook cannot turn around, but must move forward or backward in a straight line when the screw is turned. The top of the hook D, bearing against the under side of the plate B, prevents the screw 0 from bending in the direction of the plate. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, .is-

In a bicycle-saddle, the combination of the plate B, secured on the front end of the saddle and having therein the depression a, the screw 0, fitting into the plate B, the screwthreaded hook D, having therein the slot d, and the spring E, having on the front end thereof the loop d, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. SHOE. WVitnesses:

Tnos. D. MOWLDS,

SAML. H. KIRKPATRICK.

This movement will have the effect- 

